Hanger for draw-heads.



.PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

H. SAVAGE. HANGER FOR DRAW HEADS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1906.

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HARLEY-G. SAVAGE, or roar WORTH, TEXAS.

HANGER FOB DRAW-HEADS! To all ugh/0m it may concern Be it known that I, HARLEY G. SAVAGE, a

citizen of the United States, residin at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant an State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Draw-Heads,

of which the following is a specification. I The object of this invention is to rovide a novel form of hanger or support or drawheads', the invention being particularly ap'- plicable to street-railway cars and to cars used in suburban and interurban traflicj The invention contemplates the provision of a hanger which will readily accommodate itself by movement for the movement of the draw-head asfthe car passes around a curve and which, furthermore, is mounted sofas to .obviate likelihood of breakage due to mistaken about on the line X X of Fig. 1,

coupling and which is very substantial for the purposes for whichit is devised.

For a full understandin of theinvention and the merits thereof an also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to'the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a hanger comprising the invention applied to the front of an ordinary type of street-rail-' Way car. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the pendent vconnection by which a. supporting-beam of the hanger is attached to the car.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the'same reference characters. f

Specifically describing the invention, a

han er comprising the same is attached to.

the umper 1 at an end of the car, and said hanger consists, primarily, of a draw-headsu porting beam 2, attached to the bumper 1 by means of the pendent connections 3, which preferably consist. of a plurality of links, the uppermost of which are attached to the bumper 1 by meansof the eyebolts 4.

' The lower links of the connections 3 are split,

as shown in Fig. 3, to receive a pivotfastening'5, thepivot-fastenings 5 of the connections 3 passing through openings in the oppo site end portions of thebeam 2. The beam 2' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 30,1906, Serial No. 324,215.

Patented Jan. 29, 1 907.

will be made of various sizes, according to the size of the car or draw-head, which latter is indicated at 6. Normally the draw-head rests upon the central portion of the top of the beam ,2; but said drawhead is free to move laterally and accommodate for passing of the rolling-stock around curves, all of the timebeing supported by the beam 2, which will swing laterally also by reason of its connection with the bumper 1. The beam 2 can ,be made in the shape of the usual railwayrails, and, in fact, railway-rails may be cut into suitable lengths toform these beams,

In addition to the lateral swinging movementadmi-tted of byreason of the connection betweenthe beam 2 and the bumper 1 said beam" is adapted for forward and backwarddraw-head is also adapted for lateral movement upon and independently of the beam 2.

The foregoing is advantageous in that though the swinging movement of the beam 2 is sufficient to take up lateral vibration of the draw-head without strain on the connecting parts by which it is attached to the car, yet in passing around short curves, especially such as are found on street-railway tracks, the draw-head 6 can move laterally on 'the beam 2 sufficient to permit the cars to turn without damage to the draw-heads. g v The detail construction and mounting of the several parts as hereinbefore described is of great advantage from the standpoint of the practical use of the mechanism.

Having thus described the invention, what i s claimed as new is 1. In combination, a car, a hanger applied to the car, and a draw-head attached to the car and, supported by thehanger for move a traimnan miscalculate the relative ment with the hanger and for lateral movemex'lt upon the hanger independently of Qmovement of the latter. 2. In combination, a car, a

hanger ettaehed to the oer, and eompr is1ng a hol lzoptal beam, and flBXlblG'. connectlqns securmg opposite ends of said beams to the car, am} a dra -hee,d attached to the ear and restlng upon the beam of the hanger. for' movement 

